Come Back Peter
Ronnie is the younger of two children, neither of whom ever knew their father. Her brother Peter is six years older than she is. Both children live with mum who is a drunken, lustful, emotional wreck. She is a woman who is guilt ridden by her past and unable to sustain healthy relationships with the opposite sex or her children. Mum provides Ronnie and Peter with a succession of stepfather figures; using the men in her life as a meal ticket and passport to a good time until she tires of them and moves on to the next man.
At a at the age of 10 years, the only father figure Ronnie has ever grown close to walks out on the family. A few days later brother Peter leaves home also. Ronnie is left isolated, tending to the needs of a mother with whom she cannot relate and for who she feels no love.
After Peter deserts the household, mum forbids any mention of his name ever again. To cope with the loss of her brother, Ronnie buries him in the recess of her mind.
The story opens with Ronnie happily married. One day she opens the door to find her brother Peter, whom she has not seen for over twenty-five years stood there!
Most of the story characters are real people who I have known throughout my life and I have interwoven their experiences into those of my own in writing this novel.
The story is set in West Yorkshire between the 1960s and the 1980s and some of the language used by the working-class heroine and the sexually explicit scenes might offend the sensibilities of particular readers. The book is now available for sale in e-book format from www.smashwords.com and www.lulu.com. It is also available in Kindle format from Amazon. The hard copy paperback is available directly from the publisher, Amazon and www.lulu.com.
At a at the age of 10 years, the only father figure Ronnie has ever grown close to walks out on the family. A few days later brother Peter leaves home also. Ronnie is left isolated, tending to the needs of a mother with whom she cannot relate and for who she feels no love.
After Peter deserts the household, mum forbids any mention of his name ever again. To cope with the loss of her brother, Ronnie buries him in the recess of her mind.
The story opens with Ronnie happily married. One day she opens the door to find her brother Peter, whom she has not seen for over twenty-five years stood there!
Most of the story characters are real people who I have known throughout my life and I have interwoven their experiences into those of my own in writing this novel.
The story is set in West Yorkshire between the 1960s and the 1980s and some of the language used by the working-class heroine and the sexually explicit scenes might offend the sensibilities of particular readers. The book is now available for sale in e-book format from www.smashwords.com and www.lulu.com. It is also available in Kindle format from Amazon. The hard copy paperback is available directly from the publisher, Amazon and www.lulu.com.
